The National Association of State Budget Officers has released its annual report on state spending trends. There are a few things that are interesting about the numbers for Ohio.

Ohio ranks 30th out of 50 states in K-12 education as a share of total state spending in 2005. At the same time though, Ohio ranks 14th in terms of the percentage point change in K-12 education as a share of total state spending between 1995 and 2005.

In terms of higher education, Ohio ranks 41st out of 50 states in higher education spending as a share of total state spending in 2005, and the percentage of higher education spending as a share of total state spending actually dropped between 1995 and 2005 by 2%.

While Ohio ranks 12th in terms of Medicaid spending as a share of total state spending in 2005, it ranks 30th in terms of the percentage point change in Medicaid as a share of total state spending between 1995 to 2005

# posted by John Corlett @ 9:17 PM